Last week, the European Court of Justice issued its landmark Schrems decision showcasing the powerful reverberations the Snowden disclosures continue to have around the world. It held that due to the NSA’s mass surveillance programs, a European person’s data may not be stored in the United States. The court invalidated the ironically named “Safe Harbor” agreement, which allowed U.S.

Today, Miranda Brown, the former Acting Director of the Africa Branch at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) wrote a letter to the United Nations Secretary General asking that he stop the investigation of Anders Kompass, the OHCHR official who reported sexual abuse of children at a camp for the displaced in the Central African Republic last summer. Dr.

“Whistleblowers from Veterans Affairs facilities across the country are back at home now after a trip to Capitol Hill. A small group was invited to testify in front of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee regarding retaliation after coming forward with claims of falsified records, chronic delays for care, and some questionable medical practices.”

Editor's Note: This op-ed first appeared in the National Catholic Reporter. Martin Edwin Andersen is a former GAP client and national security whistleblower. Here he answers the question, "If you managed to meet up with Pope Francis during his U.S. visit – and you had his full, undivided attention for five minutes – what would you say to him?"

During his career in climate, Dr. David Goodrich was Director of both the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) Office in Washington and the Global Climate Observing System Secretariat in Geneva. He retired in February 2011 as Director of NOAA’s Climate Observation Division. Three months later he rode his bicycle from Cape Henlopen, Delaware to Waldport, Oregon. His first long bicycle ride was in 2000, across Washington state, Idaho, and Montana.